Blacking-box holder



(No Model-) 6 W. D. & G. A.'RIGHARDSON.

BLAGKING BOX HOLDER. No. 264,566. Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

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WILLIAM 1). RICHARDSON AND GHARLE S A. RICHARDSON, OF TAUNTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

BLACKlNG-BOX HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,566, dated September 19, 1882.

Application filed June 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, W. D. RICHARDSON and O. A. RICHARDSON, of'launton, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachnsetts, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Blackin g-Box Holders; and we do hereby de' clare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same, referenoe beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved blacking-box holder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with a blacking-box in position, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Corresponding parts in 'the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to blacking-box hold-' ers or devices to which blacking-boxes may be attached and conveniently held while inuse without danger of soiling the fingers; and our invention consists in certainimprovements in the construction of said holder, whichwill be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim. A V

A in the drawings represents a suitable handle, made of wood or other material, and terminating in a disk or plate, B, having-an upward-projecting screw-stud, O.

D is a hook, pivoted at E upon the handle A, closely adjoining the diskB, and having a sharp point, F; Said hook, instead of being pivoted upon the handle, may, however, be pivoted upon the disk or-in any suitahleposition without changing the nature of our inven-' tion.

To use our invention a small hole is formed in the bottom of the blacking-box, which is from turning, and thus held securely in position upon the holder.

This device is exceedingly simple, convenient, and neat,.and it may be made and supplied at a trifling expense.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States As an improvement; in blacking-box holders, the disk or plate B, having screw-stud U and handle A, and provided with the pivoted sharppointed hook D, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own .we have hereto affixed our signatures in presenceof two' witnesses.

' WILLIAM DEAN RICHARDSON.

CHARLES ABBOTT RICHARDSON. Witnesses:

ELISHA. T. J AGKSON, H. T. MONTGOMERY. 

